How common is the surname Gaydos?

2,386 people in the United States had the surname Gaydos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,399 Americans. It ranked 12,889th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gaydos?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gaydos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gaydos getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,491 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,386 in 2010, down 4.2%.

The surname Gaydos

A surname, carried by 2,386 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaydos is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

Americanized spelling of Czech, Slovak Gajdoš and Hungarian Gajdos.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,386 people named Gaydos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,399 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,491.

#12,889

rank among US surnames

2,386

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-4.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,573)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,881	Dearth	2,389	129,236
#12,884	Capetillo	2,388	129,290
#12,886	Winfree	2,387	129,345
#12,889	Emrick	2,386	129,399
#12,894	Bross	2,385	129,453
#12,897	Dedrick	2,384	129,507

Who is named Gaydos

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Gaydos identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gaydos

Gaddis

Gaydos has the Soundex code G320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G320.

Questions

Where does the surname Gaydos come from?: Americanized spelling of Czech, Slovak Gajdoš and Hungarian Gajdos.
How common is the surname Gaydos?: 2,386 people in the United States had the surname Gaydos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,399 Americans. It ranked 12,889th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gaydos?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gaydos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gaydos getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,491 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,386 in 2010, down 4.2%.